Frigid Zone

American  

noun

1. either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

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Frigid Zone British  

noun

1. archaic the cold region inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circle where the sun's rays are very oblique

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Frigid Zone Scientific  

/ frĭj′ĭd /

1. Either of two regions of the Earth of extreme latitude, the North Frigid Zone, extending north of the Arctic Circle, or the South Frigid Zone, extending south of the Antarctic Circle.

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Etymology

Origin of Frigid Zone

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

It is exceedingly curious and interesting to find such a flavour of the Orient on the borders of the Frigid Zone.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

There is a South Pole and a South Frigid Zone as cold as the northern one.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil

Notice on the drawing that we live in a zone between the very cold region, or Frigid Zone, and the very warm region, or Torrid Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil

The space between the Arctic Circle and the pole is therefore called the Arctic region, or the Frigid Zone.

From The Land of the Long Night by Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)

The region around it is the North Frigid Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil